Outbreaks of monophasic Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in Luxembourg, 2006

Eurosurveillance - Tập 12 Số 6 - Trang 11-12 - 2007
Joël Mossong1, P Marques2, Elizabeth de Pinna1, P Huberty-Krau3, Serge Losch4, Gilles Meyer4, Gilbert Moris5, C Strottner6, Wolfgang Rabsch7, F Schneider1
1Microbiology Unit, Laboratoire National de Santé (National Health Laboratory, LNS) Luxembourg
2Centre de Recherche Public – Santé (Research Centre for Health, CRP- Santé), Luxembourg
3Health Inspection Unit, Direction de la Santé (Health Directorate), Luxembourg
4Administration des Services Vétérinaires (Veterinary Services Administration), Luxembourg
5Food Control Unit, Laboratoire National de Santé (National Health Laboratory, LNS), Luxembourg
6Administration des Services Techniques de l’Agriculture (Technical Services for Agriculture Administration), Luxembourg
7Robert-Koch Institut (RKI), Wernigerode, Germany

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A monophasic Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- phage type DT193 emerged as the dominant serovar in Luxembourg in 2006, when it caused two major outbreaks involving 133 laboratory-confirmed human cases, 24 hospitalisations, and one death. The outbreak strain had an uncommon pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern STYMXB.0031 and antibiotic resistance profile ASSuT. A high proportion of cases were clustered in institutions for the elderly and in day-care centers. Strains identical to the outbreak strain were recovered from two control meals, a nappy changing table, retail sausages and caecal porcine samples at an abattoir. Locally produced pork meat is strongly suspected to have been the vehicle for the outbreaks, although the precise mechanisms remain unclear.

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Eurosurveillance

Tập 12 Số 6

11-12

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